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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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